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Helllo I have a new icon in the rt corner of my taskbar called indexing. What does it mean and is it necessary? Thank you

Hi GrampyPete,

Good to see you out and about again.

Here is a link that explains what indexing is on Windows XP/SP2

It will be your choice whether you turn it off or leave it on.

kind regards,

Thanx for the good word and the reply. What you told me worked but The icon was still there; I ckicked exit which I hope gets rid of it for good so I will have to see when I reboot.. Tween birth and death,you have to keep punching.

Post back with update when you reboot, I am sure it will be fine then. kind regards,

I guess i was wrong !lol

You were right as the icon did not reappear. Thank you

Grampy Pete. It is amazing what a reboot does. If you ever change setting, always reboot afterwards. Best regards,

Reboot I will; I should have known better so thanx for the help.

Both pc's are xp sp3 I was able to remove the icon with a reboot with the desktop but my laptop is stubborn. The icon is still there. I tried enabling it and ran it rebooting then not allowing it, runnung it and rebooting but the icon is still there. Is hthere another way to get this done? The machines are set up the same so I can't understand why it works for the desktop but not the laptop. Thank you.

Are you sure you used this link and followed it thoroughly on your Laptop too?

best regards,

Absolutely. It worked for the desktop but not for the laptop. Both are sp3 with no differences I know about. I wish I could solve it. I keep trying the process but it gets tiring as it takes a while like a scan to index then undo it. I always see the box on the bottom and it is unchecked but the icon remains which is a pain. I have not forgotten to reboot after any system change. Any ideas or referrals? Thank you

Hi Grampy Pete,

Please try this:

• Right Click on My Computer on your desktop
• Scroll to Manage
• Double Click on Services and Applications in the left pane
• In the right pane, double click on Services
• Expand Services (Mouse over lower right and drag to expand)
• Click Startup tab so Automatic Services show in Alphabetical order
• Find Inexing Service (mine is in the disabled section)
• If yours is not, right click on it and choose Properties
• In the 'start type' dropdown menu' right click and choose 'Disable'
• Click Apply
• Okay
• Go to File at the top left and Exit.

Reboot and your indexing service should not show in the Systems Tray now.

Post back with an update please.

kind regards,

Hello I tried the instructions you gave me twice but on each reboot, the icon still appeared. I noticed on the log on tab there was a box that gave the opportunity to disable… which I tried but that did not work either. The services indicate indexing to be disabled from the previous manual setting. I did find at least temporary help by >msconfig>startup>uncheck 'windows search'. Is this an ok uncheck in startup and do you think it will fix the issue? Odd that this problem did not exist with the desktop yet only with the lap top. Both are Dell, Desk = Dimension 4600 and lap =Dell Inspiron 5150 and both xp home sp3. Thanx for the help and I look forward to hearing from you.

Grampy Pete,

Please right click on the index icon > exit in the taskbar before doing anything else.
Then follow again my previous post step by step suggestions making sure you click apply >okay > exit (last three instructions) then reboot. If the indexing icon reappears, I am afraid I am all out of ideas. Another volunteer may come by to give their opinion, I do hope so.

In msconfig, disabling any item is only temporary in my experience. If you use Google Search
I would uninstall Windows Search through Add and Remove as I did on my systems……I did not need two search facilities.

Keep us posted,

with kind regards,

I apologize as I thought my last post indicated it was fixed. I think your instructions were the right ones but I did not 'exit' the icon first and probably did not follow thru properly when leaving such as apply, ok, and use 'file' to exit. All is well now thanx to you.